reading. trenton down to 49 degrees holding at 52 in wilmington. the clouds will be moving through the region. we will get some breaks of su 10:00 this morning, we'll have sunshine. the weekend different story. chance you'll need your umbrella. take a look at that when we come back with the future weather. that's in ten minutes. right now first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is standing by on a friday morning. good morning, jessica. >> hey, bill. watching a road closure for kelley drive. the stotesbury cup regatta is closing kelley drive. take the schuylkill expressway to get on by the scene. as we get out to the schuylkill expressway by spring garden drive times free and in the clear. under 12 minutes west and eastbound. starting to gather a little bit

of volume on the eastbound side a tiny bit more as headed westbound. 95 in delaware still no problems there as well. north and southbound under 11 minutes in both directions. as for mass transit, the septa trenton line still suspended. the atlantic city rail line has resumed service. go to nbc10.com for more alternates. breaking news. the music world has lost a legend. famed blues guitarist bb king has passed away. "nbc 10's" monique braxton is live in the digital operations center. monique, generations knew of his beloved guitar by name. >> he was so well respected, vai. that's right. he's a legendary blues singer and gi carrist passed away early this morning our time at his

home in las vegas. ♪ nobody loves me but my mother ♪ >> bb king believes anyone could play the blues as long as they have problems. he performed with the guitar. blues called it affectionately lucille. king was 89 years old. we've been monitoring all the social media sites this morning and a lot of people have been posting tributes. we'll have that for you coming up at 6:30. live for now in the digital operations center monique braxton. 5:32. we're learning more about the investigation into what led up to the tragedy. here's what's knew from overnight. the last two rail cars are removed from the crash site. they're being trucked away. they'll take the rail cars down to 85. we're about to launch sky force 10. we'll give you the best view of what's going on. the other five cars are being analyzed right now.

"nbc 10's" matt delucia has covered the story from the beginning. he's live once again on scene in port richmond. what can you tell us? >> reporter: tracy 56 hours after the derailment and the work continues. as you get all of those damaged cars away from the scene, and now the !rrt to repair those tracks. just behind me here i'm going to step out of the way so you can see beyond the police car, you see all the spot lights in the background where the amtrak workers are still trying to get all of those tracks back up and running. we've seen these past two days several new rales brought in to replace those damaged in the derailment and crash. yesterday ntsb investigators took a look at the train event recorder. the moments leading up to the crash were recorded. the train's speed was rapidly increasing for a minute before the derailment and hit 100 miles per hour. 16 seconds before it went off the tracks. the rail cars have been taken, as we mentioned, to a secure

facility in delaware for further examination. the engineer, meanwhile, brandon bastian has agreed to be interviewed in the next couple of days. they say he has no recollection of the crash but their own investigation continues. >> the police department it's an active ongoing criminal investigation into this matter. we'll continue to work together with amtrak and the district attorney's office here in philadelphia. >> reporter: the ntsb says they have also started talking with passengers on board that train. as we take another live look it has been released back to amtrak. investigators say they will be back to do a sight distance test. we're going to stay out here on the scene. for now live in port richmond matt delucia "nbc 10 news."

sky force 10 over the site of the crash as crews were hauling in new sections of track working to restore service. the head of amtrak says the service could be restored between philadelphia and new york as early as monday. trains are running on a modified schedule from philadelphia to d.c. senator casey plans to visit victims at temple. six are in critical condition with more surgeries planned. all are expected to recover. we've learned in the last 24 hours a total of 8 people died in the derailment. you see 7 of them here. the eighth was an italian national visiting the states on business. funeral service will be held in new york today for one of the victims. we have more information about each of the victims on nbc10.com or you can go to our "nbc 10 news" app plus you'll see video and pictures from the scene.

christine reugesters could be convicted for life. she took a 5-year-old from a school in cobbs creek and sexually assaulted her at a nearby home. someone found the child at a playground in upper darby. a bethlehem girl's basketball coach is expected to turn himself in facing allegations that he sexually assaulted a student. he's facing several charges including statutory sexual assault in an incident that involved a 15-year-old girl. he coached basketball and he met her when 1450e6s a student.ew -- he was a coach. she was a student. 5:36. new from overnight, crews put out a house fire in gloucester county. they arrived around 1:00 this morning reporting heavy flames. medics treated a person at the

scene for smoke inhalation. so far, no word on what caused that fire. >> the national spotlight will shine on camden next week with a visit from president obama. on monday the president plans to talk to kids in the neighborhood and the camden county police department about the community coming together. camden is a promise zone which uses federal grant money to create jobs and reduce crime. counting down to primary election day as philadelphia gets ready to select a new mayor. we have new information about what voters think of the current man doing the job. and for the second week in a row, thousands of people will converge on the schuylkill river, this time for the world's largest high school rowing championship. still ahead, what you need to know about this year's stotesbury cup regatta. you'll have to dress lightly for the regatta. this morning, a cool start and there are already some changes overhead. right now 55 degrees at 5:37.

late tonight see clouds in the area, 61 degrees. may see scattered showers overnight. that's 4:00 tomorrow morning and then with some breaks of sunshine we'll get a quick warmup during the day on saturday. 83 degrees.

that's at lunchtime. then we'll be watching areas north and west for showers and thunderstorms. 5:00 a chance of some showers and threat of showers will continue into the evening hours. so the weekend is going to turn warm and highs in the 80s with scattered showers and thunderstorms a possibility for both saturday and sunday. seven day when i'm back in ten. well it might be a good morning just to ditch the car. national bike to workday and the bicycle coalition of philadelphia will have several energizer stations set up in the city during the morning and afternoon commute. what is an energize ger stop you say? well, they give you coffee snacks. >> do that here. >> maybe even a high five during your ride. atc versus ptc. "nbc 10" takes a closer look at the much talked about technology that experts say could have prevented tuesday's deadly derailment. what we found out about the safety measures along the rales in our area and why it wasn't being used on that stretch track leadsing up to the spot where the train crashed.

plus, there's a new tool for philadelphia residents who want to know exactly how their tax dollars are helping philadelphia schools. we'll tell you how it works. we are looking live on the roosevelt boulevard around fox street. you can see southbound where the taillights are going. no problems. no problems on the northbound side. we'll check in with the pa turnpike and mass transit when we come back.

about quarter of 6 this friday morning. in the wake of the deadly derailment we've been hearing a lot about positive train control, ptc. it's the newest railway design to stop a speeding train. >> the technology wasn't being used on that section of track. "nbc 10" has learned it was in the process of getting approval. the "nbc 10" investigators are working to get more clarification on that progress. however, there's another system automatic train control, atc. that's been around for decades. it's already been around for decades. it signals the engineer if the train is going too fast and eventually brings the train to a stop. the "nbc 10" investigators found it isn't on the northbound track where the train derailed. it is on the southbound track. the reason it was not installed on the northbound track is it didn't think trains would build up enough speed between 30th

street station and the frankford curve. the ntsb plans to find out if there are other gaps along the rail line. atc is part of septa's entire regional rail system. now they say installing ptc is its highest priority. right now it's spending $300 million to get that job done. the requirement to install this on systems is 2008 and the deadline is the end of this year. septa lines cover hundreds of miles across pennsylvania new jersey delaware. a lack of federal funding making amtrak unsafe is the charge from democrats. here's the response from republican house speaker john boehner. >> are you really going to ask such a stupid question? listen you know they started this yesterday. it's all about funding. well obviously it's not about funding. some of it the train was going twice the speed limit. >> yesterday house committee

voted to cut amtrak's budget to just over $1 billion. that's 250 million less than the last budget. boehner said the railroad is getting enough money. the railroad is a work in progress. the race for philadelphia mayor and the primary election is just four days away now. >> so we asked people what they think of the current mayor's performance and we got answers from our polling philly report. survey of 600 democrats found 60% approve, 35% disapprove and 5 percent 49ers undecided. geographically a higher rating in center city and lower elsewhere. more people thought philadelphia was going in the wrong direction. you can watch that story right now using the nnk 10 app"nbc 10" app or on

nbc10.com. two mayoral candidates talked candidly. >> i have a big old baseball bat and i will swing at issues that come to the plate that people tend to shuffle off to the sierd. >> what you see is the real jim ken kenny. i am a philadelphian through and through. >> catch more on the candidates on "nbc 10" sunday morning. 5:38 the coast guard is releasing its first boating safety app. in pennsylvania new jersey delaware across the country the app is going to provide more resources for mobile device users. it will be available on the apple and google play online stores joompt jersey sure known as the jersey shore cast.

they'll give an overview of dining, attractions. this happens today. young people got a chance to learn about the weather, "nbc 10" weather education day took place at citizens park yesterday morning. 7,000 students teachers and principals joined all of our "nbc 10" meteorologists for an interactive lesson on how weather is forecast. they got to meet some philly players and got a lesson from the sky force 10 pilot and got to look inside sky force 10. i don't know who had more fun. >> bill henley. >> oh, it was so much fun. we had a great time. 7,000 children were there to get a heads up on weather and what goes into forecasting. if you want nice weather for a

ball game invite the first alert weather team and the phillies won tonight. looks like decent weather tonight. a light breeze. this is the live view from the lowe's hotel in center city. the sun is coming up this morning and we will see some sunshine but it won't be as clear as it was yesterday. so nice and we were in the low 70s yesterday afternoon. picture perfect. you can see the clouds that have been moving through the area overnight. this is the view from the comcast center in center city. no rain with the clouds. no rain today. 55 degrees. today we'll see the winds out of the south southwest. won't be strong. just enough to see it. high clouds over citizens bank park. clouds over the park against the diamondbacks. looks like a mild start, too. partly sunny sky. 70 degrees at game time. southerly winds at 7:00.

clouds that will lead to a chance of showers this weekend, but not today. we're completely clear this morning. the radar shows wet weather pushing into this region and across ohio. that's a possibility for us. heavier downpours could be tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow evening. for today, partly sunny. low humidity. back in the 70s this afternoon. a great spring day. it will feel like summer this weekend. partly sunny skies. 85 degrees. the high for saturday. chance of afternoon or evening showers more likely than in the morning. sunday, up to 86. we get a break from the heat monday. 75 degrees the high temperature. back in the 80s on tuesday. typical spring weather, up down. 9 minutes before 6:00 right

now. heading out the door. tgif let's get you to work. >> tgif indeed. jessica boyington in the traffic center. >> not a lot going on on a lot of the majors. pretty quiet. 95 around state road still 14 minutes. you can be in the southbound lanes here through the work zone. currently no problems. we head out to the pa turnpike no problems there as well. you can see all green lights headed westbound from route 1 up towards valley forge. 22 minutes eastbound and westbound. amtrak dealing with suspended service from philadelphia into new york city and modified service between washington and philadelphia. we'll check in with new jersey transit and accept at thatsepta coming up. thank you very much jessica. how would a tax increase affect philadelphia residents and how would it help fund philadelphia schools? >> mayor michael nut erter hopes a

new website will help. you can see how city schools will use your additional dollars. you can see the website for yourself. we have a link on the "nbc 10 news" app. mayor nutter says the school could use the money to hire back teachers or buying supplies and equipment. there are alternative funding proposals. when the amtrak trains went off the tracks, it was all hands on deck at philadelphia hospitals. "nbc 10" takes you behind scenes. >> to some people it looks like chaos. it's very orchestrated. >> we'll take you behind the scenes to show you the well oiled machine that's ready to save lives. and we have launched sky force 10 and it is giving us the first pictures of the rail yard where all seven of the derailed

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three minutes before 6:00. more than 200 people were herd in the train derailment. we toured the hospital to see how they handled the patients. >> to some people it seemed like chaos but it was very orchestrated and organized. >> dr. kaplan was head of the einstein hospital. they met patients at the door assessed them sent them to specific parts of the e.r. depending on the severity of their injuries. in this one unit they can perform everything from treatment from cuts and bruises to surgery. >> we have the ability to handle chest injuries orthopaedic injuries abdominal injuries neck immobilization and then obviously monitors are in here. they get assessed here for the more acute patients. once we stabilize them then we can determine what the next step

is going to be. >> the doctor says it's a testament to the staff that everything ran so well tuesday night. he said doctors and other medical personnel came in without being called as soon as they heard about the derailment. happening this weekend, the second leg of horse racing's triple crown. the kentucky derby champion american pharaoh will run in the preakness stakes in baltimore. you can watch breakness on "nbc 10." our coverage begins at 4:30 in the afternoon. meanwhile, in wilmington the gates open this saturday for horse racing at delaware park. this is the 78th season for live thoroughbred and arabian racing. there's the simulcast of the preakness stakes. >> in melbourne they're going to watch the radner hot races tomorrow. there are six horse races and it starts at 1:30 in the afternoon. the winner wins tens of,000s

thousands of dollars. the high school rowing championship returns this weekends. >> the 89th annual stotesbury regatta begins this weekend. 600 student athletes are competing. that's always a very good time for a lot of people who turn out there. >> you've seen that. 6,000 athletes. each athlete has families. >> they all gather to watch. very fun time. you're watching "nbc 10 news." "nbc 10 news" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. "nbc 10" breaking news. >> remembering the king of the blues legendary musician bb king died overnight. looking back at his life and career. you today crews are working to repair the damaged rales to get amtrak back up and running following tuesday's deadly derailment in port richmond. we're live with more on that

effort and on the ongoing investigation. >> we are tracking some showers and warmer temperatures for your weekend. here's a live look outside over center city. we'll see some sunshine today. good morning. welcome back to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. i listened closely to the forecast. i took in the baseball game saw all nine innings. bill was down there. talk about the first alert forecast for today. >> perfect day for a ball game yesterday. today less sunshine. it's the weekend that could see showers and possibly thunderstorms. we're seeing a light breeze blowing. live view from center city at the lowe's hotel. what's on the way for the weekend. left side of the screen moving into northwestern ohio. we have most of the day today to enjoy the dry weather. first showers are likely overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. so in spite of the clouds that are moving through the area right no